Currently, BTS members are strongly promoting solo activities in order to fill the void of not being able to do group activities when BTS members go to military service. When this news broke in June, there were a lot of people who thought that BTS would fall into the hiatus era.

This has created a huge wave of chaos in the Kpop fan community and the ARMY fandom itself. However, later, the members all said that maintaining this solo activity is a way for BTS to develop for many years to come.

But some speculation about BTS' future is increasing and there is even news that at least 1 member of the group will not renew the contract:

In October 2018, Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ Entertainment (now Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ Music) announced that BTS would continue to operate under the management of the management company with a 7-year contract. Thus, the members of BTS will work together for 13 consecutive years, until 2026.

At that time, Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ said, “It is our philosophy that we should cater the best to artists who’s achieving an unprecedented global success. After the thorough discussion with seven members of BTS, we decided to renew the contract before the world tour to ensure more stable, long-term activities.”   

Meanwhile, the signal that BTS's new contract is signed before the group's old contract expires is also a positive signal showing BTS's strong group activities. It must also be mentioned that it is rare for any K-pop group to work until the 10th year to have members doing solo activities.

BTS usually attaches great importance to group activities and has almost never had solo activities in the past 10 years. Even when combined with a high-end fashion brand like LV, they have to sign contracts with all 7 members to get a commercial contract.

However, in the contract until 2026, it seems that there will be 2 years of BTS's complete hiatus from group activities because of military service issues. According to the latest announcement of BTS and Bł₲ Ⱨł₮, it is not until 2025 that the group can return to full activities.

Meanwhile, in SUGA's case, he is supposed to perform his duty in the form of community service. If SUGA enlists in the army at a later time, the time when the group returns to full activities may be even later, even until the end of the contract with BTS.

In particular, in his recent program SUCHWITA, SUGA also attracted attention with a detail about his plans after finishing his mandatory military service. In the process of preparing to leave as a кσяєαn citizen, SUGA revealed that he plans to set up a production house for hip-hop artists where he will continue to pursue his career as a producer and rapper.

He also confessed that starting his own record label is one of his biggest dreams and he believes this is the perfect time to make it happen. This leads some to believe that when he completes his military service, SUGA will set up his own record label to fulfill this dream.

If so, most likely, SUGA will work as an independent producer and may reunite with BTS when the group carries out group activities, rather than renewing the contract. Meanwhile, many other members were also expected to work in many fields in this way because at that time, maintaining longer contracts with an agency is quite rare in Kpop.

There are many other Kpop groups that also do this when most of the members do not renew their contracts with the management company. Instead, they maintain the group name and group activities by meeting whenever they want to thank their fans and arrange other members' schedules.